This is Jamestown Island

This is Jamestown Island

Arrival at Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center and parking area

Jones Mill Pond

Jones Mill Pond

This mill pond and the mill dam (now covered by the Colonial Parkways) show on Civil War maps, and may have existed in Colonial times.

James River

James River

Indians knew this as the Powhatan River, the colonists renamed it in honor of their sovereign, James 1. It is one of Virginia’s longest and broadest rivers. Rising in the Appalachians it flows eastward, often soil laden, 340 ...

Jamestown Island

Jamestown Island

The woodland and marsh beyond the water is Jamestown Island, a pear-shape area of some 1,500 acres, being about 2 ½ miles in length. It is separated from the mainland by Back Creek. In more recent times the ...

Old Tannery Farm, once home of John Brown

A number of Hudson Ohio's historic plaques reference John Brown.  The famous abolitionist came to Hudson with his family as a five-year old in 1805.  

John's father Owen, often referred to as Squire Brown, played a major role in ...

Tituba and John Indian

Tituba and John Indian were married servants in the Parris household. They both served Samuel Parris in Barbados and in Salem. Tituba was fully involved in the witchcraft hysteria. When Elizabeth Parris, Abigail Williams, and other young girls started complaining ...

Margaret Jones

During the beginning of Boston’s history, the form of execution was hanging. Officials hung many of these criminals on the Great Elm on Boston Common. Two of the more controversial reasons for hangings were for being witches or Quakers. Even ...

John Hancock

John Hancock (1737-1793) was born into a family of ministers outside of Boston. Unfortunately, his father died when he was seven and his mother could not afford to support the family on her own. They moved in with Hancock’s grandparents, ...

Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Page

At the historic High Street Burial Ground, visitors can find many of the men from Danvers who fought during the Revolutionary War. Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Page (1722-1805) is one of those men. Page was a brick maker from Danvers, Massachusetts. ...

Judge Samuel Holten

Judge Samuel Holten (1738-1816) was a practicing doctor for many years, but he also served the community through various government positions. For instance, Holten served as a judge for over thirty years. He took more of an active role in ...